Jan 1 Sami Zaptia

GNA approves LD 10 M to Benghazi University and LD 8 M for Tobruk desalination – both based in east

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 January 2017: The Serraj-led Government of National Accord (GNA) has approved LD 18 million of spending from its recently agr...

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GNA Transport Minister-designate confirms Italian company to commence Tripoli International Airport construction early 2017
Dec 30 Sami Zaptia

GNA Transport Minister-designate confirms Italian company to commence Tripoli International Airport construction early 2017

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 December 2016: The GNA Transport Minister-designate Milad Matouk confirmed that an Italian company will commence work on Tri...

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GNA and CBL agree on a LD 37.56 BN 2017 emergency ‘‘budget’’: HoR rejects it as unconstitutional
Dec 30 Sami Zaptia

GNA and CBL agree on a LD 37.56 BN 2017 emergency ‘‘budget’’: HoR rejects it as unconstitutional

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 December 2016: The Faiez Serraj-led Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Tripoli-based Central Bank of Libya (CBL) an...

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US and Italians confirm working with regional states on Libya
Dec 3 Michel Cousins

US and Italians confirm working with regional states on Libya

By Libya Herald reporter. US Secretary of State Kerry in Rome with Qatar Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (Photo: QNA)Tripoli, 3 De...

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Libyan Foreign Bank Deputy GM Omar Hajaji released: shot in leg, leaves country
Oct 6 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Foreign Bank Deputy GM Omar Hajaji released: shot in leg, leaves country

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 October 2016:Family sources have confirmed to this newspaper that the Deputy General Manager of the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB)...

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There must be priorities in solving Libya’s problems: 4th Libya Experts Forum in Tunis
Sep 28 Sami Zaptia

There must be priorities in solving Libya’s problems: 4th Libya Experts Forum in Tunis

By Sami Zaptia.Tunis, 29 September 2016:‘‘The next few weeks and months are very important for the Forum. The Forum must gain a reputation of professi...

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Sep 14 Michel Cousins

UK parliament slates British and French intervention in 2011, questions UN’s performance in stabilising Libya but supports GNA

By Hadi Fornaji, Tunis. The British House of Commons (file photo)14 September 2016:A UK parliamentary investigation into the British and western inter...

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Jul 8 Nigel Ash

Breish hopes NOC reunion will also work for the divided LIA

By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli LIA chairman Abdulmajid Breish (Photo: LIA)Tunis, 8 July 2016:The boss of the Libyan Investment Authority in Tripol...

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Jul 6 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL's Kobler rounds on Thinni

By Libya Herald reporters. Kobler and Thinni last December at Labraq Airport (Photo: UNSMIL)Tunis, 6 July 2017:UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler has reacted...

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GNA takes control of Tripoli ministry headquarters
Jun 30 Michel Cousins

GNA takes control of Tripoli ministry headquarters

By Moutaz Mathi. Bargathi receives the Yarmouk Barracks (Photo: Defence ministry)Tripoli 30 June, 2016:The Yarmouk barracks in Tripoli’s Salahadeen di...

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